Utility functions

1. ⇒ ألق

أَلَقَ, (JK, Ḳ, TA,) aor. ـِ{يَأْلِقُ}; (Ḳ, TA;) or أَلِقَ, aor. ـَ{يَأْلَقُ}(CK; [in which it would seem, from what follows in this paragraph and the next, that the pret. is wrong, but that the aor. is right;]) inf. n. أَلْقٌ and إِلَاقٌ; (JK, Ḳ;)It(lightning)lied;(AHeyth, Ḳ;)[i. e.]it was without rain.(JK.)

5. ⇒ تألّق

تألّقIt(lightning)shone, gleamed, or glistened; as alsoائتلق↓[written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَلَقَ]; (JK, Ṣ, IJ, Ḳ;) and soأَلَقَ↓, aor. ـَ{يَأْلَقُ}. (TA.) Ibn-Aḥmar has made the second trans., using the phraseتَأْتَلِقُ↓ العُيُونَ, either by suppressing a prep., [meaning She shines to the eyes,] or meaning thereby she ravishes the eyes.(TA.)

Root: الق - Entry: 5.―Signification: A2

And تَأَلَّقَتٌ, said of a woman, She adorned herself:(Ṣgh, Ḳ:) or she became active and quick to engage in contention or altercation, and prepared herself for evil or mischief, and raised her head:(IF, Ḳ:) or she became like theإِلْقَة[fem. of إِلْقٌ, q. v.]. (IAạr.)

8. ⇒ ائتلق

إِلْقٌ / إِلْقَةٌ

إِلْقٌA he-wolf: fem. with ة{إِلْقَةٌ}: (IAạr, Ṣ, Ḳ:) and the fem. is also applied to a she-ape or monkey; the male of which is not called إِلْقٌ, but قِرْدٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and رُبَّاحٌ. (Ṣ.)

Root: الق - Entry: إِلْقٌ―Signification: A2

† Evil in disposition, applied to a man; and so with ة{إِلْقَةٌ} applied to a woman: and the latter, a[demon of the kind called]سِعْلَاة; because of its evil, or malignant, nature: (TA:) and a bold woman; (Lth, Ḳ;) for the same reason. (TA.)

إِلَاقٌ

إِلَاقٌ[an inf. n. (see 1) used as an epithet;]Lying, or fallacious, lightning; (Ḳ;)that has no rain;(JK, Ḳ;) as alsoأَلَّاقٌ↓: (Ḳ,* TA:)آلِقٌ↓, likewise, is an epithet applied to lightning [in the same sense; or as signifying shining, gleaming, or glistening:see 1and 5]: and so is أُلَّقٌ↓, as syn. withخُلَّبٌ[that excites hope of rain, but deceives the expectation]. (TA.)

Root: الق - Entry: إِلَاقٌ―Signification: A2

Also, applied to a man, Lying:(JK:) or lying much, or often, or habitually:(TA:) and very deceitful, and variable in disposition.(TA.)